The Re-Animation of Ryan Larkin. Ryan Larkin, the subject of Chris Landreth's haunting animated short Ryan, has returned to animation after twenty five years of life on the street in Montreal with three station IDs that aired on MTV Canada on Christmas Day. And now he is at work on a new animated short, Spare Change--inspired by his panhandling days outside Schwartz's on The Main--where you can help with the film's funding by contributing via PayPal. (more within)posted by y2karl (10 comments total)
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I checked Ryan out from the library a few weeks ago and it has haunted me ever since. To find out about his return and redemption has been a mitzvah for me.posted by y2karl at 2:42 PM on January 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

Regarding Ryan :

"created and animated without the use of live-action footage, rotoscoping or motion capture... but instead from an original, personal, hand animated three-dimensional world which Chris calls 'psychological realism.' "

I did not know that until last night. That is just amazing.posted by y2karl at 2:58 PM on January 6, 2007

No motion capture, no nothing? Awesome. It really is one of the best things I've seen in 3d animation, and usually 3d animation leaves me cold. Those horrible Pixar things, for example, little soulless lumps of cack that they are. But this is so imaginative, so alive, so full of character.posted by fleetmouse at 3:09 PM on January 6, 2007

I've never heard of either Larkin or Landreth. Wow, I never knew people could draw like that. This is stunning. Thanks, y2karl.posted by Pastabagel at 5:41 PM on January 6, 2007

This is great news; I was hoping that Ryan wasn't a tribute to a lost talent but a way to inspire a 2nd chance. I'm poking about the MTV site to see if I can watch what Larkin's come back with, and I can't wait to see how Spare Change turns out.

Time to recover my PayPal password (again)...posted by myopicman at 5:47 PM on January 6, 2007

I'm really glad to hear this. Thanks for sharing.posted by Evstar at 9:12 AM on January 7, 2007

Larkin lived under my sister's veranda for a couple of winters; he's a sweet man, seemingly terribly burdened by addiction and other demons. I've not seen him since I moved away from Montreal -- 'tho I hear it was rather disgusting how his newfound 'fame' has caused the usual parasites to circle; particularly the movie industry people who want to buy him drinks and blow -- I hear he's doing okay, largely sober and back to work. Fingers crossed.posted by docgonzo at 10:58 AM on January 7, 2007

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